Food Policy

According to the USDA the term “sustainable agriculture” is defined as: “The practice of agriculture which supports sustained economic profitability, sustained quality and well-being of the environment,...

The other day I noticed an interesting advertisement in a New York City subway. The ad showed an upside-down croissant with a sail inserted to make it look like a sailboat, along with the slogan, “WIND...

Here are a few restaurants around the United States focused on farm-to-table foods. What is farm-to-table? Well it can be confusing, but the simplest definition is restaurants that buy foods directly from...

There are so many organizations working to help make a better, more interesting food system that, over the next few months I’m going to provide information about some of those organizations. The following...

#Saru Jayaraman is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the #Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California, Berkeley. ROC United...

Here are a few foods along with their health benefits and ways to keep them healthy.OLIVE OILThe Good: The Food and Drug Administration recently granted olive oil a qualified health claim. Manufacturers...

It's true. The Food and Drug Administration sets "food defect action levels," the maximum levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods -- like how many insects or rat hairs are permissible.WHY ALLOW...

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